Global electronic trading system
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1. Apparatus for facilitating trading two items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said apparatus comprising:
- at least two agent means for trading the items;
a trading channel between each pair of agent means allowing for the execution of trades;
flow limit means for setting limits on the trading items and on any underlying instruments to be exchanged upon settlement of the traded items; and
,a central computer coupled to the at least two agent means, said computer adapted to derive and convey each agent means individualized current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes to a depth, said prices, sizes, and depth automatically determined by and taking into account the current limits set by the flow limit means between all pairs of agent means.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for facilitating trading two items (L,Q) from the group of items comprising commodities and financial instruments. At least two agents (2) want to trade the items (L,Q). There is a trading channel (3) between the two agents (2) allowing for the execution of trades. There are flow (trading) limits on the items being traded. A central computer (1) is coupled to the two agents (2). Said computer (1) is adapted to convey to each agent (2) current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes subject to the agent'"'"'s (2) trading limits.
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1. Apparatus for facilitating trading two items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said apparatus comprising:
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at least two agent means for trading the items; a trading channel between each pair of agent means allowing for the execution of trades; flow limit means for setting limits on the trading items and on any underlying instruments to be exchanged upon settlement of the traded items; and
,a central computer coupled to the at least two agent means, said computer adapted to derive and convey each agent means individualized current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes to a depth, said prices, sizes, and depth automatically determined by and taking into account the current limits set by the flow limit means between all pairs of agent means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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3. Apparatus for facilitating trading two items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said apparatus comprising:
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at least two agent means for trading the items; a trading channel between each pair of agent means allowing for the execution of trades; flow limit means for setting limits on the traded items and on any underlying instruments to be exchanged upon settlement of the traded items; and a central computer coupled to the al least two agent means, said computer adapted to convey to each agent means individualized current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes to a depth, said prices, sizes, and depth automatically determined by and taking into account the current limits set by the flow limit means between all pairs of agent means; wherein at least one agent means is a credit-extending agent means.
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4. Apparatus for facilitating trading two items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said apparatus comprising:
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at least two agent means for trading the items; a trading channel between each pair of agent means allowing for the execution of trades; flow limit means for setting limits on the traded items and on any underlying instruments to be exchanged upon settlement of the traded items; and a central computer coupled to the at least two agent means, said computer adapted to convey to each agent means individualized current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes to a depth, said prices, sizes, and depth automatically determined by and taking into account the current limits set by the flow limit means between all pairs of agent means; wherein there are at least two credit extending agent means having trading channels with a single non-credit-extending agent means.
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5. Apparatus for facilitating trading two items from the group of Items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said apparatus comprising:
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at least two agent means for trading the items; a trading channel between each pair of agent means allowing for the execution of trades; flow limit means for setting limits on the traded items and on any underlying instruments to be exchanged upon settlement of the traded items; and a central computer coupled to the at least two agent means, said computer adapted to convey to each agent means individualized current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes to a depth, said prices, sizes, and depth automatically determined by and taking into account the current limits set by the flow limit means between all pairs of agent means; wherein there are at least two trade-seeking agent means from the group of agent means consisting of credit-extending agent means and non-credit-extending agent means, each such trade-seeking agent means having a trading channel with a single credit extending agent means, wherein said credit-extending agent means has instructed the central computer that it is permissible to have two such trade-seeking agent means perform trades via said credit-extending agent means. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. Apparatus for facilitating trading two items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said apparatus comprising:
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at least two agent means for trading the items; a trading channel between each pair of agent means allowing for the execution of trades; flow limit means for setting limits on the traded items and on any underlying instruments to be exchanged upon settlement of the traded items; and a central computer coupled to the al least two agent means, said computer adapted to convey to each agent means individualized current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes to a depth, said prices, sizes, and depth automatically determined by and taking into account the current limits set by the flow limit means between all pairs of agent means; wherein there are at least two credit-extending agent means having trading channels with a single non-credit-extending agent means; and there are at least two non-credit-extending agent means having trading channels with the same credit-extending agent means, which credit-extending agent means has instructed the central computer that it is permissible to have two non-credit-extending agent means perform trades via said credit-extending agent means.
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9. Apparatus for facilitating the trading of items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of agent means for trading the items, wherein each agent means is coupled to at least one other agent means via a trading channel; at least one non-credit-extending agent means having trading channels with at least two credit-extending agent means; and at least one commonly-coupled credit-extending agent means having trading channels with at least two trade-seeking agent means from the group of agent means consisting of credit-extending agent means and non-credit-extending agent means, wherein said commonly-coupled credit-extending agent means has instructed a central computer that it is permissible to have at least two such trade-seeking agent means perform trades via said commonly-coupled credit-extending agent means in a credit bridge, such that the central computer conveys to each agent means individualized current tradable bid and offered prices and sizes to a depth, said prices, sizes, and depth automatically determined by and taking into account all current credit limits between all pairs of agent means.
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19. A computer adapted to facilitate trading among a plurality of agent means items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said computer comprising:
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means for converting specified input credit limits into a set of trading limits; coupled to the converting means, means for postulating the trading limits as a set of multi-hop trading limits, said multi-hop trading limits taking into account credit extended by credit bridges between agent means; and coupled to the postulating means, means for communicating the multi-hop trading limits to the agent means in the form of an individualized custom limit order book for each agent means, taking into account all of the specified input credit limits. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method by which a computer facilities trading, among a plurality of agent means, items from the group of items consisting of commodities and financial instruments, said computer performing the steps of:
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converting specified input credit limits into a set of computerized trading limits; graphing a network comprising nodes representing agent means, said nodes being connected by paths representing the trading limits; deriving from the graph a set of multi-hop trading limits between each pair of agent means, said multi-hop trading limits reflecting the fact that at least one node is a credit-bridging node; and communicating the multi-hop trading limits to the agent means in the form of an individualized custom limit order book for each agent means, said custom limit order book taking into account the topology of the network. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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